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[bluedawg12]

sights, and smells, and cultures and always music in the air.

Fantastic food.

A little haunted, think- Vampire Lestat. LOL.

But something that reflected the rich culture of French, Spanish, Caribbean, African, European- imagine that blend of food, music, from zydeco to the blues, southern yet, somehow the sense that many of the folk were direct descendants of African slaves and the strange French Catholic Evangline influence ( ooo-weee) mixed with voo-doo shops in the French qaurter and maybe some Santaria in the shadows. wow.

I love the place. And I refuse to say loved, because it will be back-if the people can find their way home.

Tragic.